Fire Lighting with Ray Mears

Fire is one of the most important bush skills. When spirits are high, a fire's flames provide joyful light; and when spirits are low, the consoling warmth of the embers will thaw the frozen heart. On this one-day course Ray will teach you practical fire-lighting for wilderness travel.

Expect to work and be worked hard on this course - only with effort will you be rewarded with the knowledge of how to successfully light and manage a fire in any condition.

In our digital age, imagine where we would be if fire was not within our grasp. In the forest it provides us with a whole host of benefits: heat, light, the ability to clean and cook, the capacity to make water safe and the mesmerising flames offer a morale boosting focal point. The list is nearly endless.

This course will cover:

• Legal issues of fire lighting in the UK
• Responsibility of fire
• Uses of fire
• Where to site a fire
• Carving feathersticks
• Tinders
• Cooking over a fire, and
• Leaving no trace

Details of your Experience

The Fire Lighting Techniques workshop will take place on a private estate close to Tunbridge Wells in East Sussex. Please bring a packed lunch and wet weather gear just in case!

This course will start at 09:00 and will finish at 17:00.

Joining instructions will be sent to participants of the course 9 weeks before it is due to start, giving details of where to meet, at what time, and what to bring with you.